Biennale Architecture
11th International Architecture Exhibition
Collateral Events
Map of collateral events in town
A Gathering Space / Scotland and Venice 2008
from September 11 to October 12
Piazzale della Stazione Santa Lucia
The Gathering Space is a memorable new place within Venice - a focal point that encourages people to gather, pause, look, engage and debate in this hub for a dynamic events programme.
opening hours: 10 am – 6 pm (extended during events)
admission free
Organization: The Lighthouse, Scotland’s Centre for Architecture, Design and the City
www.thelighthouse.co.uk
www.scottisharchitecture.com
Andrea Palladio and contemporary architects: Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher
from September 14 to November 23
Villa Foscari La Malcontenta, Via dei Turisti, 9, Malcontenta di Mira (VE)
In occasion of the 500th anniversary of Andrea Palladio’s birth, Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher present “Aura”, a contemporary translation of Palladio’s harmonic system into a complex genotypic spatial environment.
opening hours: on Saturdays and Sundays 9 am – 6 pm, on Tuesdays 9 am – 12 (noon), from Tuesday afternoon to Friday booking required (Palladio_ContemporaryArch@lamalcontenta.com) closed on Mondays
admission: € 8
Organization: Associazione Culturale Foscari
www.lamalcontenta.com
An Italian garden in Tianjin
Arsenale Novissimo Spazio Thetis
from September 14 to November 23
An exhibition dedicated to the design of an Italian garden now being realized in Tianjin, China. The garden has been planned thinking of an architectural style inspired by sustainability; it has been designed, thanks to Mimmo Paladino's intervertion, with the aim of recreating an emotional and sensorial path. A project by Mario Occhiuto Architetture.
opening hours: 10 am – 6 pm
admission free
Organization: Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea, Department for Environmental Research and Development, Sino-Italian Collaboration Program for Environmental Protection
www.minambiente.it
Architecture Religion Utopia
from September 14 to November 23
Monastery San Francesco della Vigna , Castello 2786 (Campo San Francesco della Vigna)
Exhibition "CREDERE" 7 maxi-blowup panels for 7 churches for 7 building materials.
Installation on the Gasometro of 7 spectacular colored equilateral triangles with 7 symbolic volumes. Exhibition of the project for the Gasometro - library.
opening hours: 10 am – 6 pm closed on Mondays
admission free
Organization: Provincia Veneta di S. Antonio dell’Ordine dei Frati Minori
www.ofmve.it
ART, ARCHITECTURE, LITURGY. International experiences compared
November 6 and 7
Museo Diocesano D'Arte Sacra Sant’Apollonia, San Marco, Castello, 4312
A conference to exchange views on the interaction between liturgical art and contemporary languages, on European experiences (Scandinavian countries and Poland) and on the work of protagonists in architecture (Fisac, Fuksas, Riepl Riepl Architekten) and in art (Barcelò, Richter).
registration required
Organization: Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, Servizio Nazionale per l'edilizia di Culto della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana and Patriarcato di Venezia
www.chiesacattolica.it
www.patriarcatovenezia.it
